Lenilenapi
Carbonite Member
I was going to post this on the Sony community website for Juan Martinez's attention. Some of these are familiar ideas and some are new. Some might be pretty easy to accomplish. Any corrections or additional things to add before I post tomorrow?
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Suggestions for Sony FS7 Firmware
BUGS you already know about :
1- Slow Iris Dial
2 - Magenta 5600 Preset
3 - No LUTs in 4K
4 - No waveforms in 4K etc
- Changing Resolution can upset other settings.. eg Shutter Angle.
Issues well documented already in CINE EI
5 - No way to easily see what LUT is on and whether you are recording a LUT or not.
6 - No color balance controls over LUT's ( green/ magenta and adjustable Kelvin)
7 - Linkage between SDI 1 and recording LUT is Poor
8- Lack of Noise Reduction in CINE EI
SUGGESTiONS that might be easy:
9 To improve exposing Cine EI Slog in 4K and HDR:
- Expand the IRE level for zebras so they work down to 40 IRE
- Bring back the IRE level # readout that was in the F3 and EX-1
- Give us the VF HIGH CONTRAST MODE that is in the F5/55.
( Alister Chapman says this a very useful way to expose Slog if you don't have LUT's in HFR and 4K)
http://community.sony.com/t5/F5-F55/Viewfinder-High-Contrast-Mode-as-a-viewfinder-LUT-alternative/td-p/385954
- Add Noise Reduction
Other suggestions for User Clarity:
10 REVAMP THE STATUS PAGE
- This is currently pointless & redundant - telling us stuff we already know because its already on our VF or will change any second anyway like Iris setting. But it could be very useful.
WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW IS:
- LUT INFO - which one , in which outputs , ARE WE RECORDING A LUT
- MATRIX INFO - Is it User, Std, Hi Sat , etc
- GAMMA INFO (that can be on VF but would be better on a status page)
- GAMMA setting - (35, 40, 45 etc)
- This could be User Programmable
11 Allow a wider number of menu options to be programmed to user buttons -
- Toggle LUT ON/OFF
- Bring up LUT menu
- Bring up PAINT menu
- Headphone Output level to an assignable dial or button to bring up the menu setting.
(This is the only pro camera I know without a headphone level adjustment)
12 Create a "TRUE CUSTOM USER MENU" where the user can put any menu item he wants.
(This will greatly speed up the cameras cumbersome menus.)
Here you could put the things you really need quick access to on one page . The present user page is not.
13 Audio -
- Add a -10db Consumer Line level option for mixers that send that level out
- This is probably not happening , but i loved wider range of impedance choices in the EX and F3 line.
- Headphone level assignment choice mentioned above
14 Sony Lenses:
- 28mm -135mm is not wide enough PLEASE MAKE a similar 18mm-105mm with good manual focusing
Use the focus ring design for the EX-1/3 lenses. That was brilliant.
- Is it possible to slow down the push auto focus so it doesn't hunt so much.
- If possible a new version of 18-200 with better manual focusing .
Lenny
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Suggestions for Sony FS7 Firmware
BUGS you already know about :
1- Slow Iris Dial
2 - Magenta 5600 Preset
3 - No LUTs in 4K
4 - No waveforms in 4K etc
- Changing Resolution can upset other settings.. eg Shutter Angle.
Issues well documented already in CINE EI
5 - No way to easily see what LUT is on and whether you are recording a LUT or not.
6 - No color balance controls over LUT's ( green/ magenta and adjustable Kelvin)
7 - Linkage between SDI 1 and recording LUT is Poor
8- Lack of Noise Reduction in CINE EI
SUGGESTiONS that might be easy:
9 To improve exposing Cine EI Slog in 4K and HDR:
- Expand the IRE level for zebras so they work down to 40 IRE
- Bring back the IRE level # readout that was in the F3 and EX-1
- Give us the VF HIGH CONTRAST MODE that is in the F5/55.
( Alister Chapman says this a very useful way to expose Slog if you don't have LUT's in HFR and 4K)
http://community.sony.com/t5/F5-F55/Viewfinder-High-Contrast-Mode-as-a-viewfinder-LUT-alternative/td-p/385954
- Add Noise Reduction
Other suggestions for User Clarity:
10 REVAMP THE STATUS PAGE
- This is currently pointless & redundant - telling us stuff we already know because its already on our VF or will change any second anyway like Iris setting. But it could be very useful.
WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW IS:
- LUT INFO - which one , in which outputs , ARE WE RECORDING A LUT
- MATRIX INFO - Is it User, Std, Hi Sat , etc
- GAMMA INFO (that can be on VF but would be better on a status page)
- GAMMA setting - (35, 40, 45 etc)
- This could be User Programmable
11 Allow a wider number of menu options to be programmed to user buttons -
- Toggle LUT ON/OFF
- Bring up LUT menu
- Bring up PAINT menu
- Headphone Output level to an assignable dial or button to bring up the menu setting.
(This is the only pro camera I know without a headphone level adjustment)
12 Create a "TRUE CUSTOM USER MENU" where the user can put any menu item he wants.
(This will greatly speed up the cameras cumbersome menus.)
Here you could put the things you really need quick access to on one page . The present user page is not.
13 Audio -
- Add a -10db Consumer Line level option for mixers that send that level out
- This is probably not happening , but i loved wider range of impedance choices in the EX and F3 line.
- Headphone level assignment choice mentioned above
14 Sony Lenses:
- 28mm -135mm is not wide enough PLEASE MAKE a similar 18mm-105mm with good manual focusing
Use the focus ring design for the EX-1/3 lenses. That was brilliant.
- Is it possible to slow down the push auto focus so it doesn't hunt so much.
- If possible a new version of 18-200 with better manual focusing .
Lenny
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